| Title | Democratic Republic of Congo: The Curse of Gold |
| Publisher | Human Rights Watch |
| Publication Date | 2 June 2005 |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Topics | Arbitrary arrest and detention | Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements | Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity | Extrajudicial executions | Forced labour | Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment |
| Citation / Document Symbol | 1564323323 |
| Cite as | Human Rights Watch, Democratic Republic of Congo: The Curse of Gold, 2 June 2005, 1564323323, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/42c3bcfe0.html [accessed 7 June 2023] |
| Comments | This 159-page report documents how local armed groups fighting for the control of gold mines and trading routes have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity using the profits from gold to fund their activities and buy weapons. The report provides details of how a leading gold mining company, AngloGold Ashanti, part of the international mining conglomerate Anglo American, developed links with one murderous armed group, the Nationalist and Integrationist Front (FNI), helping them to access the gold-rich mining site around the town of Mongbwalu in the northeastern Ituri district. |
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